The Leftovers has made a strong impression in its first season, prompting HBO to issue a renewal even before the season was over.
â€œWe are thrilled to bring back THE LEFTOVERS for a second season with the exceptional talents of Damon Lindelof and Tom Perrotta,â€ said Michael Lombardo, HBO Programming president, in the announcement.
â€œIt has been truly exciting to see the overwhelming response to their provocative and original storytelling. We look forward to continuing the journey as the show delves deeper into the lives of those who remain.â€
However, there is no indication yet as to when season 2 will premiere.
CarterMatt has an idea about a time frame, though.
â€œThe next season will once again be ten episodes, and given the lengthy production window, really cannot start airing at any point before next summer,â€ it said.
â€œPersonally, we feel like you could be seeing the show paired next year with True Detective, which needs the time to craft its own story for next year. It wonâ€™t have time to be ready for January.â€
The easiest guess is sometime around when this season premiered, but next year. Season 1 started on June 29.
The blog also notes that hopefully there will be at least a little bit of hope entering the picture next season, since this one was so dark.
Oddly enough, none of the actors or producers have given insight into where the story is headed as of Sunday night.
The show is based on Tom Perrottaâ€™s bestselling novel by the same name, focusing on a situation that appears to be The Rapture.
â€œSet in a small New York suburb, the intimate family drama focuses on the residents of the fictional town of Mapleton, whose preconceptions are shattered in the wake of a global event dubbed â€˜The Sudden Departure,â€™ the showâ€™s description reads.
â€œThree years after the fateful day when 140 million people disappeared without a trace, the series looks at the ways ordinary people react to inexplicable events that can unite or divide families and communities, examining how their untold grief and the strain of an unprecedented calamity can turn faith into cynicism, paranoia, madness or cult-like fanaticism.â€

The Leftovers season 2 episodes list:

Episode #1:
Axis Mundi (air date: 2015-10-04)

Jarden, Texas was renamed 'Miracle' after it was discovered no one departed. Among the local families is the Murphys: the father, John, the mother, Erika, and their twins, Evie and Michael. Meanwhile, Kevin Garvey, Nora Durst and Jill Garvey show up in Miracle to start over, but Kevin cannot seem to escape his past.

Kevin, Nora, and Jill try to pick up the pieces in the aftermath of the Mapleton riots but problems from the past keep resurfacing. The new Garvey clan gets a fresh start in the safety of Miracle. Nora makes an impulsive choice, while Kevin gets entangled in the Murphy family's problems.

Laurie and Tom Garvey's work to rescue lost souls takes a toll on theirs. Laurie seeks to spread the word about the Guilty Remnant's dangers, while Tom's infiltration of the cult uncovers a whole new nest of problems.

In the midst of an earthquake, Nora awakens to find Kevin missing and her hopes of safety in their new town dashed. The Murphys are left reeling after Evie's disappearance. Kevin returns home but without his memory of the night before or his cell phone, which would link him to the missing girls. Meanwhile, an old enemy makes her return in an unexpected way.

Rev. Matt Jamison takes his vegetative wife Mary outside of Miracle to seek answers about her condition. But their lives take a dangerous detour when Matt is barred from returning to town. Matt races to get Mary back into Miracle while struggling to keep her safe from desperate tourists who are squatting just outside Miracle's gates.

Some unexpected visitors get under Nora's skin, and she becomes preoccupied with a burning question about herself. Kevin's predicament becomes impossible to ignore. Erika finds an unlikely ally and reveals some haunting secrets.